bulk tank

collocation in English

meaningsofbulkandtank

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bulk
noun
uk
/bʌlk/us
/bʌlk/
something or someone that is ...
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tank
noun[C]
uk
/tæŋk/us
/tæŋk/
a container that holds liquid ...
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(Definition ofbulkandtankfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbulk tank

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Bulktankmilk samples were examined for campylobacter using the enrichment procedure.
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He considered that he could increase production, apart from efficiency, if he had abulktankfor holding milk.
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I fully support the introduction of a statutory maximum resale price for the resale of gas supplied by cylinder andbulktank.
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Would it not be right for provision to be made that the licensee most be given the chance to be present when a sample is taken from abulktank?
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Now, with more and more milk producers having their milk collected bybulktankcollection, it is all the more vitally necessary that farms should be served by adequate roads.
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I declare an interest as a farmer, including having a dairy unit, and as someone who has drunk milk direct from thebulktankall my life.
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Bulktankcondenser units, which are not an integral part of the tank, should be fitted in an adjacent, suitable and well ventilated place.
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Milk is then transported (manually in buckets) or with a combination of airflow and mechanical pump to a central storage vat orbulktank.
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The milk is filtered and cooled before being added to a large "bulktank" of milk for storage.
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Milk is refrigerated on the farm in most countries either by passing through a heat-exchanger or in thebulktank, or both.
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A filter sock or filter disk in the pipeline prevents large particulate contaminants from entering the milkbulktank, but can not remove bacterial contamination once it has occurred.
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Rather than having a single line run to thebulktank, typically a pair of lines transport milk by gravity flow to the receiver bowl and transfer pump.
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Automatic washing equipment for thebulktankmay not effectively clean all interior surfaces, and does not clean the exterior of thebulktankat all.
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Although tanks have been calibrated when first installed,bulktankmiscalibration is not uncommon and in some cases it can result in significant loss of income.
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Increasingly all the farms have bulk tanks and the milk lorries have to go on to the farms.
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They have to buy bulk tanks for their milk instead of using the old-fashioned methods.
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Liquefied petroleum gas is flammable and is stored under pressure or refrigeration, either in bulk tanks or in portable cylinders of the kind used on construction sites or in caravans.
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The farm area where milk is stored in bulk tanks is known as the farm's milk house.
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Thus, power equipment and refrigerated bulk tanks are a necessity and are thereby permitted.
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The huge bulk tanks at large farms are accommodating of more sick animals in the herd, without the sick animals affecting the overall milk quality rating.
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